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POCKET PIKACHU INTERACTION
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If you have a Pocket Pikachu, version 2, it can send gifts to your Gold or
Silver game! You decide how many watts to send, and the gift varies
accordingly.
On the Pocket Pikachu, go to the gift icon, then choose send. Choose the
number of watts you want to send, from 1 to 999. Then on the Gameboy, start
the game, and on the startup menu, choose Mystery Gift. Now point the two
infra red communication ports at each other, and press the "A" button on
both. Pikachu gets all excited, and your gift appears in the gameboy.

To collect the gift in G&S, you go upstairs in any PokeCentre, and talk to
the guy you see behind the counter.
Gifts sent will include:
200W Bitter Berry
300W Great Ball
400W Max Repel
500W Ether
600W Miracle Berry
700W Gold Berry
800W Elixer
900W Revive

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Legendary Beasts
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Releasing the Legendary Beasts from the Burnt Tower is pretty easy (and it is described fully in the Walkthrough!). Catching them again is much harder!
These beasts wander around Johto. They only go in the grass, so you don't need to look in buildings or caves. However, there doesn't seem to be any
pattern to where they do go!
Common starting points seem to have been RT 29, RT 37, and RT 45/6. Once they have been spotted but not captured, their whereabouts can be monitored using the Pokedex. A word of warning, though, if you look on your Pokedex and see that there is a Beast on, say, RT 37 and you are on RT 45, by the time you get to RT 37 it is almost certain to be gone.
It appears that the Beasts change location every time you enter a city or cave. They also seem to get fed up waiting for you to find them if you are in the right area but don't come across them, and they will go away.
One suggestion is that you pick a route with only one patch of grass to search through. Then keep walking from the grass to the nearest city and back, remembering to check the Pokedex to see if the Beast you are after is in your patch when you are! Because the Beasts like to wander, sooner or later you WILL be in the same patch at the same time.
If you want to go hunting for Legendary Beasts, a good plan is to start by buying LOTS of Max Repels. That way you wont get caught in battles with other Pokemon who just waste your time. The lead Pokemon should be somewhere between L38-41 (39 is a common suggestion - but on the other hand I did find
Raikou when my L15 Togepi was the lead Pokemon.) Haunter is a good Pokemon to use, equipped with Mean Look (to stop the Beast escaping), and Hypnosis (to put it to sleep and hopefully allow you to pick it off at your leisure).
A move with a set amount of damage like Dragon Rage or Seismic Toss is good so you won't accidentally kill the thing off with a critical hit.
Remember, even if the Beast escapes, it retains any damage done to it, so it is that bit weaker next time you fight it.
Suggested balls to use include Fast Balls (slip Kurt a few white apricorns!),
or Ultra Balls. And of course, there is always the Master Ball.

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Evolution
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EXPERIENCE
Most Pokemon in this game evolve by experience. That is, train them up
enough and they will evolve! One way to increase a Pokemon's experience is
to have it as your lead Pokemon, then change it to actually battle an
opponent. This works well if you know your stronger Pokemon will be able to
withstand the enemy attack, but it can be a nuisance because it wastes a
turn.
In RBY you could get EXP.ALL which shared the experience points in battles.
In G&S they have improved this - you can get EXP.SHARE which you get the
Pokemon you want to train up to hold. It does not even have to appear in
battle, and it gets half the experience points! This way your stronger
Pokemon can be the lead Pokemon and your Pokemon-in-training still gets
experience points.
Where do you pick up EXP.SHARE? Just take the Red Scale you found in the
Dragon Cave and give it to Mr Pokemon (at the place you got the Mystery Egg).
He will give you EXP.SHARE in return.
Pokemon Evolutions
In this section you will find out information on some special pokemon
evolutions. Stone Evolutions, Trade/Item evolutions and Happiness Quota
Evolutions. Oh and a special case evolution with Tyrogue!
STONES
Some pokemon need stones to evolve. You can find most of the stones at the sea cottage on Route 25 in Kanto. There you will find Bill's Grandfather who will give you stone depending on which pokemon you show him.
Show him: Lickitung -------------> Everstone
Vulpix/Growlith -------> Fire Stone
Oddish ----------------> Leaf Stone
Pichu -----------------> Thunder Stone
Staryu ----------------> Water Stone
I read somewhere that the grandfather will only give one stone of each but I am not sure about that.
To get the Sun Stone you will need to win First prize at the Bug Catching Tournament.
To get the Moon Stone you can find one on Route 27 inside the cave. But you can get more Moon Stones if your lucky your mom will bye you one.
Fire Stone: Vulpix ----------> Ninetails
Growlithe -------> Arcanine
Eevee -----------> Flareon
Leaf Stone: Weepinbell ------> Victreebel
Exeggute --------> Exeggutor
Gloom -----------> Vileplume
Thunder Stone: Pikachu ------> Raichu
Eevee --------> Jolteon
Water Stone: Poliwhirl ------> Pliwrath
Shellder -------> Cloyster
Staryu ---------> Starmie
Eevee ----------> Vaporeon
Moon Stone: Nidorina --------> Nidoqueen
Nidorino --------> Nidoking
Jigglypuff ------> Wigglytuff
Clefairy --------> Clefable
Sun Stone: Sunkern ----------> Sunflora
Gloom ------------> Bellossom
TRADING
As in RBY, four Pokemon evolve when you trade them. They are: Alakazam from
Kadabra; Gengar from Haunter; Golem from Graveler; and Machamp from Machoke.
This is just a simple trade.
In G&S, trading can be even more fun (and you get different Pokemon!) by
trading Pokemon who are holding an object. It works like this:
Give Scyther Metal Coat to get Scizor
Give Onix Metal Coat to get Steelix
Give Poliwhirl Kings Rock to get Politoed
Give Slowpoke Kings Rock to get Slowking
Give Seadra Dragon Scale to get Kingdra
Give Porygon Upgrade to get Porygon 2
Of course, the person you trade to will have to give your new Pokemon back, but at least then both of you will record having both Pokemon, even though only you actually hold it.
And of course, if you trade an RBY Abra in to your Gold or Silver game, it
comes to you holding TM09 - Psych Up. This is handy because TM09 cannot be
found or bought in the game!
HAPPINESS
Some Pokemon only evolve by happiness. If the Pokemon is happy it will
evolve, otherwise it will not. These Pokemon are:
Chansey into Blissey
Cleffa into Clefairy
Eevee into Espeon or Umbreon
Golbat into Crobat
Igglybuff into Jigglypuff
Pichu into Pikachu
Togepi into Togetic
There are things which will make your Pokemon happy. First, and probably
most obvious, is to keep it in your party all the time. No Pokemon will feel
happy in a box! Let it hold items, a good choice is the item which will increase the power of its moves, for example Pink Bow will increase the strength of Normal moves, so give it to Igglybuff.
Obviously your Pokemon will want battle experience, but should it faint or
suffer status changes like poison or paralysis, heal it up as soon as
possible. A good way to gain experience for your Pokemon is to take it to
Pokemon League, this not only increases the happiness factor but also helps
level it up faster (have it as your lead Pokemon then switch in battle).
Pokemon enjoy being groomed. There are two places you can do this, they are
the Underground Salon, and in Pallet Town. In the Underground Salon, in
Goldenrod, there are the two Haircut Brothers. The older one charges more,
but he is more experienced. You can only get one haircut per day. In Pallet
Town, if you visit Blue's sister Daisy between 3:00 and 4:00 in the afternoon
and she will groom your Pokemon while you have a cup of tea.
Pokemon also like to be given "steroids" - protein, carbos, iron and calcium.
This is pretty effective, but also quite expensive!
Pokemon do not like to be put in their box, and they do not like being
traded. Putting it in Day Care will not help either.
If you want to check how happy your Pokemon is, make sure it is the lead
Pokemon and go visit the Happiness Rater in Goldenrod. She lives in a house
behind the Mart. When she says it trusts you or it loves you, it is nearly
ready to evolve.

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Berries
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In this section you will find all necessary information on berries (what kind and where to find them)
Wild = Items attached to pokemon when encountered in the wild
Trade = Items attached to pokemon when traded from other games
Gift = Items recieved through Mystery Gift

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Time Capsule
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On the second floor of every pokemon center there is the Trade Center,
which allows you trade pokemon back and forth from Gold and Silver. There is the Colosseum, where you can link up with a friend (or enemy) and battle with your pokemon. And finally there is the Time Capsule, which allows you to trade pokemon from Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow...
You won't be able to use the Time Capsule at the beginning of the game.
For you to be able to use it you will have to meet up with Bill at Ecruteak City. When you talk to him there he will tell you that he fixed the machine and you will be able to use it the NEXT day.
There are certain guidelines to using the time capsule. In order you
trade from/to Red/Blue/Yellow to/from Gold/Silver you have to follow these simple rules:
1- Any pokemon found in Red/Blue/Yellow can be transferred into
Gold/Silver.(Bulbasaur, Charmander, Squirtle, etc.)
2- Any of the original 151 pokemon can be tranferred from
Gold/Silver into Red/Blue/Yellow. (Rattata, Pidgey, etc.)
3- None of the new pokemon in Gold/Silver can be transferred into
Red/Blue/Yellow. (Hoothoot, Spinarak, etc.)
4- None of the original 151 pokemon, who have learned new
Gold/Silver moves, can be transferred into Red/Blue/Yellow.
(Jigglypuff: Rollout)

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Mystery Gift
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What is mystery gift? This is when you and another friend beam cool stuff to each other. At the beginning of the game you will not have that option on your game's start menu. To acitvate the Mystery Gift option you will have to simply talk to the girl in Goldenrod City's Department Store on the 4th floor. Once you talk to her the Mystery Gift option will appear on your game's start menu.
You don't need a link cable to do this with another gameboy. Simply turn on your game, both gameboy's must face each other (where the black sensor is) and simply click on Mystery Gift and then both of you repeatedly press A. You will both receive stuff from each other. The items you get are randomly chosen.

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14.3) The Day Siblings
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Who are the Day Siblings? It is a family of 7 (brothers/sisters) who
appear on specific days of the week in specific places. They will each give you a special item that will enhance certain attack types. You simply make your pokemon hold it.
Day Name Item Location
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Monday, Monica, Sharp Beak, Route 40
Tuesday, Tuscany, Pink Bow, Route 29 (it's a girl in a pink dress)
Wednesday, Wesley, Black Belt, Lake Of Rage (on your way to the lake take the left path instead of the right and head north, he will be beside the only house there)
Thursday, Arthur, Hard Stone, Route 36
Friday, Frieda, Poison Barb, Route 32 (right above the Poke Center)
Saturday, Santos, Spell Tag, Blackthorn City (a boy standing between little jumps north of the Poke Center)
Sunday, Sunny, Magnet, Route 37 (Beside 3 Apricorn trees)

Shiny Pokemon
A new feature in Gold/Silver/Crystal is shiny Pokemon. You have a very slim 1 in 655361 chance of running into one in the wild. Shiny Pokemon are special not only because they are a different color and "shine" when released into battle, but they also have above average stats because they have Defense, Speed, and Special DV's (Diversity Values) of 10. The most famous example of a shiny Pokemon is the Red Gyarados who lives in the Lake of Rage. To make sure you have a special colored Pokémon look at its stats and if it has 3 pluses by it's gender, then that means it's a shiny one. The easiest way to get a shiny Pokemon is to breed with a shiny you already have, as the genes would be passed down. The most desirable shiny breeder would be Ditto, of course, who can breed with almost every Pokemon. There is a way to get a shiny Ditto, but it requires you to have the Red/Blue/Yellow version. Start out by getting yourself a shiny Pokemon, for example the Red Gyarados up at the Lake of Rage. Now delete all its moves except for one that doesn't do damage like Leer or Rest that appears in Red/Blue/Yellow. Now trade the shiny Pokemon back to Red/Blue/Yellow, but don't worry if it looks normal. Now teach it TM31 Mimic and buy as many Ultra Balls as you can afford (or the Master Ball if you did not use it), and find a wild Ditto. When you run into one, use Mimic to learn Transform. When Ditto uses Transform, it will either know Mimic or Transform. Either way, it will eventually use Transform again. Be sure not to knock it out and throw an Ultra or Master Ball at it to catch it. The special thing about your new Ditto is that it will have permanently copied the shiny Pokemon's genes. Go to a Pokemon Center and heal it right away because its HP will be a little off and sometimes it will have more HP than it can possibly have. Now trade your Ditto back to Gold/Silver/Crystal and you will have a shiny Ditto. Now breed it to have a better chance of getting a shiny Pokemon than before.

Breeding
One of the new features that was never in Red/Blue/Yellow is breeding and it is worth utilizing. The first thing you need to do is find the Daycare Center, which is on Route 34, just south of Goldenrod City. Now place two Pokemon that you want to breed together to see if they make an egg. Make sure that they are of opposite sex otherwise it won't work, except Ditto who is an exception to the rule since it is genderless. When you have put two Pokemon together to breed you can go outside and see their status and you will get one of the following messages:

YOU WILL HAVE AN EGG
It appears to care for the other Pokemon. means in no time you´ll have your egg
It shows interest in the other Pokemon means it may be a while, but an egg will hatch
It´s friendly with the other Pokemon means you might have to wait some hours, but don´t worry, it will hatch

NO EGG
It's brimming with energy
It has no interest in the other Pokemon
Unfortunately there's no known way of telling whether two Pokemon will like each other before they go into the daycare, so you might be wasting up to $200! Just save your game before you hand your Pokémon over to the couple in the daycare and then check the status of the Pokémon as soon as you hand them over. If they aren't interested, turn your GameBoy off, restart and try again.
The following are a list of Pokemon who always have the same gender:
MALE POKEMON
Nidoran (M), Nidorino, Nidoking, Tauros, Hitmonchan, Hitmonlee, Tyrogue, Hitmontop
FEMALE POKEMON
Nidorina, Nidoqueen, Jynx, Chansey, Kangaskhan, Chansey, Miltank, Blissey, Smoochum
GENDERLESS POKEMON
Magnemite, Magneton, Ditto, Voltorb, Electrode, Staryu, Starmie

Breeding is useful because it lets you play god with Pokemon and create a clone of one of your favorite Pokemon. Breeding is great because you can recreate some Pokemon you only get once like Charmander or Eevee. Breeding is also useful because it lets you complete your Pokedex. The list of baby Pokemon are Pokemon who can only be got through breeding and not in the wild. Ditto is a key player when it comes to breeding. Ditto has the power to breed with almost everything, which can be really useful. Some attacks can only be inherited through breeding, which is another reason why breeding is so great. How it works is that the baby Pokemon (a clone of the mother) inherits the male Pokemon's moves, meaning that you can get a move on a Pokemon that would otherwise be impossible. If you successfully breed two Pokemon you will receive an egg. Just like with Togepi, you will have to walk a certain amount of steps until the Pokemon hatch, so it might take a while. So remember that baby Pokemon gets the mother's stats, but it gets the father's moveset. Now that you understand breeding, try it out because it is well worth it.

Pokerus
When battling, there is a 1 in 21845 chance that your Pokemon will become infected with the Pokerus virus. Since this is a slimmer chance than finding a Shiny Pokemon in the wild, most players will never see this virus in their game. Therefore, those who do would feel very lucky. If you don't believe that this virus exists, look in Nintendo Power, Volume 144 in the Pokemon Center to see Nintendo admit that this virus exists. If your Pokemon has the virus and you look at its status, it will read, "POKéRUS". If you go and talk to Nurse Joy or Prof. Elm they will explain that the virus is harmless and will wear off over time. The virus is also very contagious and can easily infect your whole party or even one of your PC boxes. If you're interested on how long it takes to go away; it takes about 5 days for a Pokemon's immune system to fight off the virus and when the Pokemon's cured, it's cured forever! If a Pokemon is cured forever a red dot will appear on their status screen. Pokerus may sound like a bad thing, but it's actually a good thing. If a Pokemon is infected with the virus, its stats grow twice as fast than they would normally, while still receiving normal experience for level. So if your Pokemon catch Pokerus, don't be scared, be happy because it will help your team, not hurt it.

Weekly Events
Everyday
Re-growth Plants that bear Apricorns and Berries have new fruit inside.
Kurt Kurt can now make a new PokeBall.
Trainer House You can participate at the Trainer House once.
Daisy Daisy will groom your Pokemon in Pallet town between 3:00 and 4:00 PM.
Sunday
Sunny of Sunday Sunny appears on Route 37 and will give you a Magnet.
S.S. Aqua Travels from Vermillion City to Olivine City.
Radio Tune Pokemon March plays on the Radio. This raises the chance of encountering random Pokemon.
Herb Shop In the Goldenrod underground tunnel an herb shop opens up today.
Pokemon Salon In the Goldenrod underground tunnel the Younger brother will groom your Pokemon today.
TM27/TM21 In the Goldenrod Department Store
Monday
Monica of Monday Monica appears on Route 40 and will give you Sharp Beak.
S.S. Aqua Travels from Olivine City to Vermillion City.
Radio Tune Pokemon Lullaby plays on the Radio. This lowers the chance of encountering random Pokemon.
Bargain Shop In the Goldenrod underground tunnel the bargain shop opens up only in the morning.
Rival Your Rival will be at the Indigo Plateau to battle you.
Moon Stone Clefairy dance around the Moon Stone at Mount Moon at night.
Tuesday
Tuscany of Tuesday Tuscany appears on Route 29 and will give you Pink Bow.
Bug Catcher's Tournament It's open today.
Radio Tune Pokemon March plays on the Radio. This raises the chance of encountering random Pokemon.
Pokemon Salon In the Goldenrod underground tunnel the Older brother will groom your Pokemon today.
Rival Your Rival will be training in the Dragon's Den.
Wednesday
Wesley of Wednesday Wesley appears at the Lake of Rage and will give you Black Belt.
S.S. Aqua Travels from Vermillion City to Olivine City.
Radio Tune Pokemon Lullaby plays on the Radio. This lowers the chance of encountering random Pokemon.
Pokemon Salon In the Goldenrod underground tunnel the Younger brother will groom your Pokemon today.
Rival Your Rival will be at the Indigo Plateau to battle you.
Thursday
Arthur of Thursday Arthur appears on Route 36 and will give you Hard Stone.
Bug Catcher's Tournament It's open today.
Radio Tune Pokemon March plays on the Radio. This raises the chance of encountering random Pokemon.
Pokemon Salon In the Goldenrod underground tunnel the Older brother will groom your Pokemon today.
Rival Your Rival will be training in the Dragon's Den.
Friday
Frieda of Friday Frieda appears on Route 32 and will give you Poison Barb.
S.S. Aqua Travels from Olivine City to Vermillion City.
Radio Tune Pokemon Lullaby plays on the Radio. This lowers the chance of encountering random Pokemon.
Pokemon Salon In the Goldenrod underground tunnel the Younger brother will groom your Pokemon today.
Lapras Lapras appears in Union Cave.
Lucky Radio Station A new ID Number is announced.
Saturday
Santos of Saturday Santos appears in Blackthorn City and will give you Spell Tag.
Bug Catcher's Tournament It's open today.
Radio Tune Pokemon March plays on the Radio. This raises the chance of encountering random Pokemon.
Herb Shop In the Goldenrod underground tunnel an herb shop opens up today.
Pokemon Salon In the Goldenrod underground tunnel the Older brother will groom your Pokemon today.